Index on Censorship joins the call for an immediate, independent and transparent investigation into the brutal attack on investigative journalist...
Azerbaijan must investigate attack on Index award winning journalist
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Alice Purkiss
Alice Purkiss
Egypt: 10 presidential candidates disqualified
Ten of the nominees running for president in Egypt have been disqualified due to "legal irregularities". Muslim Brotherhood candidate Khairat...
Syria: Four citizen journalists killed despite ceasefire
Four citizen journalists have been killed in Syria, despite the recent ceasefire. Ahmed Abdallah Fakhriyeh, Samir Shalab Al-Sham Abu Mohamed, Alaa...
Iranian singer Arya Aramnejad sentenced to a year in jail
A popular Iranian singer has been sentenced to a year in prison after releasing pro-opposition songs online. During the protests that occurred in...
EU parliament votes to monitor internet censorship and create rights tzar
The European Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour of a human rights resolution which calls for new rules to monitor internet censorship under...
Germany: Journalists threatened by Salafist group
A radical Muslim group released a video threatening a number of German journalists last week. The Salafist group named journalists from newspapers...
Nigeria: Gunmen kill cameraman
A cameraman has been shot and killed at the home of a couple whose wedding he was filming in Nigeria. Chuks Ogu, who had worked for privately-owned...
India: University professor arrested over anti-Mamata cartoons
A university protester has been arrested for allegedly spreading derogatory cartoons against "respectable persons" in India. Ambikesh Mahapatra, a...
UK: Activists climb Bahrain Embassy to protest human rights violations and Grand Prix
Two activists climbed to the roof of the Bahrain embassy in London yesterday. Prominent opposition activist Ali Mushaima was joined by Moosa Abdali...
Malaysia: “Cartoon-o-phobia” case against government, police, continues
The case of a political cartoonist who was arrested and detained in 2010, and took the government to court as a result, continued last week....
Global coalition of NGOs call for official withdrawal of Pakistan censorship plans
Index on Censorship joins a global coalition of NGO’s to call for the withdrawal of censorship plans in Pakistan
TV Cameraman Shot Dead on Lebanon-Syria Border
A TV cameraman has been shot dead near the Lebanon-Syria border. Ali Shaaban, from Lebanese TV channel Al-Jadeed, is believed to have been...